EARNINGS
wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary
(noun) something that remunerates; “wages were paid by check”; “he wasted his pay on drink”; “they saved a quarter of all their earnings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
earnings pl (plural only)
Wages, money earned, income.
(finance) Business profits.
(finance) Gains on investments; returns.
Anagrams
• Reginans, aginners, engrains, geranins, grannies
Source: Wiktionary
EARNING
Earn"ing, n.; pl. Earnings (.
Definition: That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money
earned; -- used commonly in the plural.
As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their
earnings. Burke.
EARN
Earn, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Ern, n. Sir W. Scott.
Earn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earned; p. pr. & vb. n. Earning.] Etym:
[AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth.
asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. önn working
season, work.]
1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which
entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).
The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn. Milton.
2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and
receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn
honors or laurels.
I earn that [what] I eat. Shak.
The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my
brow. Burke.
Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of
errors on the opposing side.
Syn.
– See Obtain.
Earn, v. t. & i. Etym: [See 1st Yearn.]
Definition: To grieve. [Obs.]
Earn, v. i. Etym: [See 4th Yearn.]
Definition: To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in
battle brave. Spenser.
Earn, v. i. Etym: [AS. irnan to run. Rennet, and cf. Yearnings.]
Definition: To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition